Maro Kontou (Greek: Μάρω Κοντού; born 21 June 1934 - 15 July 2026) was a Greek actress and politician. She performed in more than sixty films since 1954. Maro Kontou's first film appearance was just after she had started at the National Theater, with a silent role in the Finos Film film "Happy Beginning" (1954) by Dinos Dimopoulos. Roles in films by other producers followed ("The Man on the Train", "Crime in Kolonaki", "Crime Behind the Scenes") before making her debut with a leading role in the Finos Film film "The Yellow Gloves" (1960) as the wife of the jealous Nikos Stavridis. She returned to Finos Film in 1963, starring alongside Dinos Iliopoulos in the film "My Friend Lefterakis". She participated in over 50 film productions, including George Tzavellas' film "Antigone" (1961) as Ismene, as well as the timeless film (also by Tzavellas) "A Woman Afraid of Man" (Damaskinos-Michailidis, 1965), where together with George Konstantinou they played the Kokovikos couple, one of the most famous couples in Greek cinema. Maro Kontou's last collaboration with Finos Film was in the unforgettable "An Italian Woman from the Kulypseli" (1968) in the central role alongside Alekos Alexandrakis. The 13 films in which she co-starred with Lambros Konstantaras ("The Old Man", "The Squirrel Who Became a Lamb", "Too Bad for Your Boy", etc.) were also particularly successful. With the decline of commercial cinema from the mid-1970s, her choices became fewer and fewer. Perhaps the role in the film "The Big Cannon" (1981) with Thanasis Vengos stands out. It took a long period of absence from cinema for Maro Kontou to return in 2012 with a role in the film "If" by Christoforos Papakaliatis. During her career, her television appearances were limited ("Enochoi", "Treis sto Gyro", "To Pathos", etc.). In 2021, he was back on television screens with a featured role in the series "Land of Olives".

Filmography

• Olive Land — Μαρία Αναγνώστου
• 2012What If... — Elenitsa Kokovikou
• Kai oi tesseris itan yperohes — Αλεξάνδρα
• Μια Απίθανη Γιαγιά — Τζένη Γερονικόλα
• 1989ABE Mafia... National academy of crooks
• 1989Η κυρία είναι χάι
• 1988Ω!!! Τι κόματος μπαμπά...
• 1986Καρέ του έρωτα
• 1985A script is our life — Mrs. Giavroglou
• 1981Gigolos — Maro Kodou
• 1981The Big Cannon — Martha Apaloheri
• 1981The wildcard Labroukos — Rena Skoularikou
• 1980Taste from Greece — Ourania
• 1980The Hemline — Marianna Delmouzou
• 1979The Bald Student — minister
• 1972Gang of Lovers — Elena Georgiadou-Vagiannou
• 1972Seven Years of Marriage — Efi Fotiou
• 1971Curtain Lecture — Koula Tsivikli
• 1971I have you behind me, Satan — Eva
• 1971The Deeds of Jealousy — Christina Karali
• 1971The Windbag — Gina Conte Rosa
• 1970A Crazy Party Animal — receptionist
• 1970The Three Liars
• 1970What a Waste! — Danae Triantafyllidi / Rodanas widow
• 1969The Bluffer — Elli
• 1969The Grouch — Vera
• 1968An Italian girl from Kypseli — Bianca
• 1968Captain Fandis Bastounis — Marina Gianna
• 1968Horafa family — Marika Chorafa
• 1968The Strongman Who Became a Lamb — Mary Hatzithoma / Mrs. Konstantinidou
• 1968Μπροστά στην αγχόνη
• 1967Gerontokoros — Mary Angelidou
• 1967My Dimitri... My Dimitri — (uncredited)
• 1967The Greedy — Lena Kapantai
• 1967The Sold Man — Βάνια Ζαπάντη
• 1966Oh, If I Only Were a Man — Stella / Alekos
• 1966The Stigmatized — Efi
• 1966Μία γυναίκα κατηγορείται
• 1965And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband — Eleni, Actor's Assistant
• 1965Yie mou... Yie mou... — Rena Papasavva
• 1964The Woman Driver — Lili Haridimou
• 1964The barker — Gioula
• 1964Wedding like... Greek — singer
• 1963As they should people — Eleni
• 1963My friend, Lefterakis — Fofo Vlassi
• 1963The Scum — Magda 'Markisia'
• 1963The third way
• 1962My Wife's Husband — Loulou
• 1961Antigone — Ismene
• 1961Woe to the Young — Rita
• 1960A Pitiful Don Juan
• 1960At Hell's Door
• 1960Crime in Kolonaki — Zanet Flora
• 1960Murder Backstage — Elena Pavlidi
• 1960The yellow gloves — Ρένα Καλλιγαρίδη
• 1960Three Ladies and me — Dolly
• 1958The Man on the Train — Jenny

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Νανά στα Κόκκινα — Self